Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 141! This week we begin discussing Agrippa Hull’s service in the Revolutionary War and his time with General John Paterson. Agrippa Hull and General John PatersonRick Wilcox, 2022 “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send...
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Bidwell Lore – The Disposition of Joab Benney’s Land
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 140! This week in our Agrippa Hull series we will talk about the disposition of Joab Benney’s land to help you understand the world that Agrippa Hull was a part of in 18th century Stockbridge. The Disposition of Joab Benney’s LandRick Wilcox, 2022 This week we are going to backtrack a...
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Bidwell Lore – The Division of Land Around Lake Agawam
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 139! This week in our Agrippa Hull series we will talk about the division of land around Lake Agawam where many of the free Black families in Stockbridge lived. The Division of Land Around Lake Agawam Rick Wilcox, 2022 This week we are going to start by talking about the division...
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Bidwell Lore – Bathsheba and Philemon
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 138! This week in our Agrippa Hull series we share more about his mother Bathsheba after Agrippa’s father died. Bathsheba and PhilemonRick Wilcox, 2022 In April of 1767, Agrippa’s mother, Bathsheba, married a man named Philemon Lee. Unfortunately, by May of 1768, Bathsheba, her seven year old daughter Margaret and her...
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Bidwell Lore – Life with Joab Benney
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 137! We continue our series this week with a bit more about Joab Benney, with whom Agrippa Hull lived as a child, and what happened to his estate after he died. Life with Joab BenneyRick Wilcox, 2022 Last week we ended the post discussing Rose Benney’s admittance to the church. While...
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Bidwell Lore – Joab Benney’s Property in Stockbridge
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 136! We continue our Agrippa Hull series this week with a post about the land acquired by Joab Benney and his connection to Agrippa Hull. Joab Benney’s Property in StockbridgeRick Wilcox, 2022 As we said at the end of last week’s article, the colonial government in Boston set up an Indian Proprietorship...
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Bidwell Lore – An Indian Town Recap
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 135! We continue our Agrippa Hull series this week with a post recapping the creation of Indian Town (later Stockbridge) so readers can better understand how land was acquired in that town in the 18th century. Indian Town – A RecapRick Wilcox, 2022 In order the understand the land granted to...
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Bidwell Lore – Joab Benney in Stockbridge
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 134! We continue our Agrippa Hull series this week with a post about Joab Benney in Stockbridge. Joab Benney and StockbridgeRick Wilcox, 2022 In our last installment, we discussed Reverend Jonathan Edwards and a freed Black man named Joab Benney who married Rose, a formerly enslaved man in the household of Rev....
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Bidwell Lore – Agrippa Hull and Jonathan Edwards
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 132! We continue our story of Agrippa Hull this week with a look at the Reverend Jonathan Edwards. Agrippa Hull and Jonathan EdwardsRick Wilcox, 2022 This week we want to share a little background on Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) to put the previous post in context. The Rev. Jonathan Edwards had...
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Bidwell Lore – Introducing Agrippa Hull
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 132! We are beginning a fairly long Bidwell Lore journey this week to share the story of Agrippa Hull. For the next couple of months, we will be devoting our Bidwell Lore stories to the life of Agrippa Hull (1759-1848). He was the son of formerly enslaved Black parents, fought...